As Russia continues its bombardment of Ukraine, Finland’s president and prime minister have issued a joint statement urging NATO membership “without delay” after years of neutrality on the continent. Distinguished Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Joe Cirincione, joins News NOW to explain why Finland now wants to join NATO and how Russia could respond if its neighbor becomes a member.
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George Galloway on MOATS with Scott Ritter -Richard Medhurst. Peter Lavelle & Crosstalk helps understand the other side
Putin you think you can push and invade and bomb to the ground Finland and Sweden like you did in Siria and Ucrania ……I don’t think so
who care what putin will do?….just get in to nato
dumb move by finland, when russia decide to start using nukes then your government and nato will be the ones that have cause this to happen.
I don’t trust NBC
NATO is a defensive alliance. Ask Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Vietnam,
No, they absolutely should push them back all the way to the beginning
At this juncture, I think it would be in the best interest of Russia, as well as Ukraine and world, for Putin to be ousted and replaced. The reasons regarding Ukraine, would be: for under-estimating, miss-calculating, losing perspective and “rushing in where angels dare not tread”, so to speak. This destruction of Ukraine and 1/3 of the worlds food supply, has become like “Quick-Sand” for the Russians. The more resistance they persist with troops, damages and threats, the deeper they sink in (the quagmire) on the path of no return, where retrospect and hindsight are both lost and un-repairable! Causing 500 million people to face famine is a big deal. Rather than threaten more countries, I would suggest: to repair your damages to Ukraine; take your losses; be glad you did not additionally start WW3, of Nuclear pollution and disaster-worldwide, for everyone. To those of your troops who were camped/placed in the Chernobyl radiation disaster area by your own people, our sorrow for the health disasters that they are already developing. Those of you Russians that want to “Defect”, now is a opportune time to do so!
We 🇱🇷+🇺🇲🙏🙏
Will the Americans push the red coats back to sea? That’s a bridge too far.
Pres Biden administration is awesome. NATO is more powerful now.
World War would be Next
Read a book: Highham Ch. Trading With The Enemy: An Expose of The Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949. And you will better understand why the Russians are so ungrateful to the West. (USA and Britain).
Apparently NATO WANTS A WORLD WAR TO HELP THEIR ECONOMIES AS HAS HAPPENED IN KOREA, VIETNAM, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN.
Ford start building tanks!
Finland can do nothing even joining nato it will just worsen the problem if russia attacks finland nato will still not join the fight because it means word war nuke war. So russia can still destroy finland using missiles and finland cant fight back if finland fires back to moscow russia may end up using nuke and once nato joins nuke exchange..
How could the orcs respond? By sending more troops to the meat-grinder of course. BRING IT ON !!!
Finland needs to take back their land that was stolen by Russia.
These evil Aryans. Daniels vision is being fulfilled. WW3 and nuclear war is around the corner.
Nothing I can add. If Finland is invaded then Sweden must act.
What Sweden have to act ?
Sweden has not been in a war since 1809. And that war was with Russia. So 213 years without war. But with lunatics in Russia we are more safe in Nato. And yes I´m Swedish.
Putin MUST face criminal charges in WORLD COURT. 🤬🤬
Can you please explain to me how it’s a country is invading you and shooting at your people destroying your city how do you not fire back and shoot back at them in Russia
https://youtu.be/JO840bmqkpY
What they gonna attack Finland with, Catapults and Crossbows.
That’s a great game
simple, welcome to fallout / metro / wasteland / mad max. we will have 1st person experience really real now
President. Trump was right again when he warned NATO countries to contribute a greater share of their respective GDP’s toward enhancing their national security infrastructure and weapons systems.
Looks like NATO member countries and the NATO executive board are not laughing too loudly anymore.
Looks like Pres. Trump was also correct in his advice to EU member nations to diversify their sources of energy, to minimize dependence on Russian fuel and electricity importation, and to develop more reliable sources of fossil fuel energy while reassessing the reliability of so called “green” energy.
My father used to tell me that I would either learn the easy way or the hard way. Look like Europe is learning the hard way. Green energy requires an abundance of fossil fuel energy to develop and is much less reliable and is not yet available for a macro level of production.
The “green” energy snake oil lobbyists and salesmen are as much to blame for Russian agression as Vladimir Vomit Putin and the Kremlin’s 3rd rate army are to blame for European and global destabilization.
Finish and swedish should join NATO tomorrow.
Russia will come along with it.
Russia has nothing to say about NATO requesting new Members anymore.
I knew better than to vote for the Sloppy Joe and Cameltoe Harris ticket.
That would stop Russia or make it harder th invade Estonia when he is done losing tanks in Ukraine.
Russia is receiving U.S. money that we are sending UKRAINE AMERICA WAKE UP !!! PUTIN IS SMARTER THAN ALL OF YOU STUPID !!!!! WHEN THEY’LL TAKES CARE OVER UKRAINE THEY WILLHAVE ALL THE FOOD , MEDICAL
Supplies , MONEY ,MILITARY Supplies BIDEN IS SendiNG OVER TO UKRAINE !! Don’t open your eyes Biden wake up !!!!
Безграмотность в политике, психологии и истории. Угрозы всегда двухсторонние, мы свой выбор сделали, вы свой тоже. Вас предупреждали 31 год.
After Ukraine… With Ox-drawn carts. At least until they re-kit. Even then, EVERYBODY around them is modernizing and integrating. While we just realized that THEY are still fighting the cold war…
They got Nukes. But using them means their heads too. Its MAD all over again.
The last time I ran a nuclear drill in high-school, I was in grade 2. I’m 53 now. At least we know how useless hiding under a school desk is now…
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Joining Nato is a big mistake Finland is making. Finland will no longer be neutral nations andb any hostilities between Nato and Russia means both Sweden and Finland will have nuclear weapons aimed at them.
You cannot have a secure Europe
by isolating Russia. Russia is part of Europe. There has to be another way for all to live in peace including Russia in a safe and secure Europe without having nuclear weapons pointed at each other. There are no winners in a nuclear war.
Putin is the greatest recruiter for NATO.
Putin is the employee of the month for NATO.
Solidarity to Ukraine! 🙂
They would do nothing. Putin is a scared little man hiding in the Kremlin. My opinion is its matter of time before Putin is poisoned with Navachok by someone close to him.
Nuclear weapons are close to Finland
Finland & Sweden become USA slaves , nothing else!
It will say and do nothing because joining nato has zero impact on Russia.
—> insert Putin mental gymnastics
I will retaliate against those who pose no threat. Yes makes perfect sense.
Russians are moping the floor in Ukraine. They don’t have the man power to go into another country..
This sounds like High School – “I won’t be friends with you if you’re friends with Jen”
He said “Russia forces had invaded Finland so many times” that’s a big lie because it’s only once. Propagandist
Lol…Putin, just like Trump and Republikkkans don’t think of the consequences. Lol.
Hows Ukraine doing with Putins bluster…😆.. 💀
Maybe if Putin hadn’t attacked the Ukraine he wouldn’t have needed to warn Finland not to join NATO? So what’s he going to do if Finland join NATO? Not attack them? His comments are both futile and foolish.
WELL…When you have countries who will not simulate into the free world and have shown that they never will..(history).. Then it is the responsibility to the rest of the free world countries.. To see to the need to put them down for the sake of the ENTIRE FREE WORLD..
PEACE..THE EARTH..AND FOR THE SURVIVAL OF ALL MANKIND.??
Stop lying to the people, Finland doesn’t have a strong army. They haven’t fought much after WW2. They’re inexperienced and young. UK and US has falsely made them believe that they will be supported. Made them buy F35s 3 months before the war. How many wars have US and UK won after WW2? US is planning to go all in to save the petro dollar and its weakening grip on the world. Countries like Finland and Ukraine will suffer the outcome of Nato’s undue aggression.
Finland exists only due to the fact that in 1940, after the war with the USSR, under the patronage of Germany, signed a peace treaty with Russia. It undertakes to maintain neutrality indefinitely. Why do you think that during the division of land after the 2nd World War, Finland was not attached to the USSR? Because the Russians, unlike some people, keep their word. Russia has the largest number of warheads in the world, and if we said that we don’t need Russia where there is no place, then we mean exactly that. We are responsible for our words. don’t be idiots.
I mean even Switzerland got involved in the sanction process the most notoriously neutral country on the planet so it’s no surprise that Finland and Sweden will want to join NATO and what a welcoming situation that will be I have always thought very highly of the Scandinavian countries and the United States would love to have them as their permanent Ally
Russia threatened France who quickly surrendered Allegedly
Finland has been prepping for this since the Winter War : they are READY
Finland joining NATO it’s the proof Putin was absolutely right in the first place.
how can respond? with Hypersonic nuclear missiles on new york, washington and los angeles😉
While we are congratulating ourselves on Finland’s joining NATO–what happens if Russia detonates three tactical nuclear weapons five miles off the southern tip of Finland? Right now the clock is ticking down a narrow window that is narrowing by the minute for Russia to make a preemptive strike against Finland. After the Russians set off those first three tactical nukes a warning will come: If Finland does not reject its NATO plans in one hour, the next three nuclear warheads will be exploded on Finland’s southern beach. The three after that will be five miles inland. What would the US/NATO do then? Nothing. They could do absolutely nothing in response. This eventuality exposes the logical flaw in NATO’s calculations. At a certain point, the further addition of NATO countries increases the probability of nuclear war without really gaining any positive increase in security.
Somebody better tell the Finns and Swedes that nobody takes the Russian military seriously anymore. Don’t the Finns and Swedes watch TV?
They’re not going to react to nothing we’re going to push Putin back to the Stalingrad River and scalp every single one of them for what they’re doing to the Jews yet again !!
Finland 🇫🇮 is making a big mistake. During the Cold War they stayed out of it, why jump into the alliance now. The west is very short sighted, it’s been less than 6 months. This is an emotional response from the Finns. Can’t make these decisions on emotions.
Because they can decide what to do with their security
Iraqis and Afghans sucessfully expelled the Us foreign invaders
🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪
Finland are going to tell the space police
It’s kind of weird that Putin thinks he can tell big bold lies in broad daylight with Zero possibility they will not be revealed in a short time – and expect the world to afford him credibility as though nothing had happened
FINLAND …. YEAH IM SOMEBODY’S B**** now 🙌
Does it really matter what Putin says? His threats Are redundant like the boy who cried wolf too many times.
One way or another we will have Nukes next to russia
This is all batsh_t crazy. Just endless war while we live in a Marxist/ Socialist country ourselves.
i don’t think it is a bridge too far. i don’t see how ukraine could tolerate russian soldiers in their country after this invasion. this guy is under estimating the ukrainians just like putin did. putin will launch a special military operation against finland. yah, that should work.
Ha Russia let me look at my crystal ball.
Lest talk the truth, European union, never can win a war against the Germans. Only with the help of Americans and Russian
NOW IF THE RUSSIAN DECLARED A WAR, GOD HELP THEM
Why do you ignorant old fools always speak nonsense, we keep hearing over 80% are in support and yet they are afraid to have a referendum over the issue. If you think Russia will be soft on Finland like its doing in Ukraine think again because this will be like the NATO attack on Serbia.
What is in Putin’s mind? .. to push red button or no ,to end this civilization or no …..
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HE’LL ONE WAY TOO FIND OUT IS BY HAVING FINLAND JUST JOIN AND SEE WASSUP WITH BIG EGO SPOILED BLADEMIR PUTIN
THE WORLD BE A MUCH SAFER WORLD IF THEY UNITED EVEN CHINA WOULD HAVE TO THINK 10 TIMES BEFORE MOVING A FINGER AGAINST ANY OF NATOS ALLIES
I am like many who supports Putin. He’s only doing what America would do if they were threatened by a terrorist group like Nato
Russia’s Main Goal is to Take Over and Dominate the Entire World.
Lol Crimea was not shown as part of russia despite a referendum
They’ll threaten to invade Finland and if they do it will kick off ww3.
That map was so confusing 😂. How do you shade Finland and Sweden red along side with Russia red.
Fxxx Russia 🇷🇺 Putin
Screw Russia!
I am beginning to see a very disturbing pattern forming either consciously or unwittingly…!!
NATO – – “the new KKK of the entire human race”…!
The old concept of slavery are in the making…, because that is what the final results will entail…!
The current trend & patterns are leading towards this penultimate conclusion…..!!! 🙏☠️
He’s pootin his pants lol
NATO trapped Ukraine in a war. Now it’s Finland’s time. Finland is so stupid to take decision like joining NATO now. I have been wrong in thinking Finns are clever.🧐🇫🇮
And the government said let us “Make the world a safer place by funding wars and blowing the world up”
Easy, Nato a few kilometers from St Petersbourg means war.
Putin is a trumpist
Going on the Performance of Russian Troops in Ukraine ,Finland are a formidable force all Putin’s Threats have Backfired ,and done the exact opposite and strengthen Finland and Sweden Resolve.
Apart from nukes Russia has nothing to threaten the west with , Russia has zero chance of winning a war against most single countries that border it nevermind against NATO
There seems to be some viewpoint Putin as attempting to be Czar on his people as though he were committing this conflict to install monarchal values in his people.
https://youtu.be/SevEcH0AXIc
The truth is Russia’s people would rather have the Soviet block back if that were his game and would mean the failures by the Russian military are simply to murder away millions of Russians by conflict that would object to either complete Dictatorship or complete monarchy.
In stead of Finland response, Russia could concentrate on missile installation based on Poland and Romania,
Liberty to all nations should prevail…..
No capture a sovereign nation by any other country….! This is peace what means….!
Russia needs to join NATO hahaha
I just hope and pray nothing worse results of this🙏🏾
Putin has really made a mess of things for his people too. Putin is not a great leader as they thought. He has gone mad with power and should be removed as soon as possible. He is pouting like a child for his losses on the Ukraine invasion. He lost a lot of generals too!!! He is not a good military strategist either. If he goes to war with other countries his military strength’s concentration just got that much thinner. Does he have the clothing to support his troops in wintertime? It is mighty cold up there along Finland’s boarder in the winter. Or does he expect his troops to survive such a cold environment?